TODAY'S MEETING CANCELLED BECAUSE OF SNOW STORM. MR. GUTIERREZ WILL BE WITH US NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH KEVIN REDDY, SHOULD BE A GREAT MEETING, RSVP NOW TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A SEAT AT THE BRAINSTORMING TABLE!

Sharing his startup experience with us today will be Enrique Gutierrez, a successful small business owner and technology entrepreneur with over 15 years of local and international experience growing start-ups into multi-million dollar companies with 140 employees. For more about him and what he does now with Century Link, see http://www.centurylink.com/small-business/resource-center/denver 

No RSVP is ever required, walkins are welcome, and some people only RSVP on our Facebook Page (see link on our http://www.SmallBizChamber.org or http://Facebook.com/Small.Business.Chamber)

But the first 12 to RSVP here on our Denver IDEA Cafe Meetup site are guaranteed a seat at the brainstorming table with the speaker until the meeting starts at 2 p.m. So to make sure you have a good seat and the ability to get the speakers ideas for your brainstorming topic, RSVP here now. Everyone else sits in the "peanut gallery" and observes the brainstorming.

What is the IDEA Cafe?

Since 1994, we help people people who are starting a new career, a new project or campaign, or a new business. How do we help? Those who attend (including you, we've all started something) share startup experience, we brainstorm, and we share information.

“ What a great concept, and it created a lovely opportunity to meet with other people in the community. Starting a business can be a lonely venture; I'd definitely recommend this to anyone looking to break that cycle. ” Megan Tackett on May 7, 2011.

“ This was a good experience for me. I enjoyed the people and the brainstorming. Since we all face challenges of some type, I would heartily recommend it to anyone involved in a startup activitiy.  Jack Rouff on Apr 30, 2011.

“ Great format, small group works best for this. I encourage everyone to try this group if you want some help getting started. ” Anthony Sanchez, Marketing Club on Sep 25, 2010.

Meetings are free and open to everyone, we just ask that you bring your brain for the brainstorming!

Who should attend?

What we now call the Denver IDEA Cafe has been meeting since 1994. Anyone who is starting a new direction, starting a new career, new project or campaign, or starting a new business is invited to join us for a boost at the end of the week, and we especially encourage members of local chambers who are interested in helping their local chamber to  provide more help to startups.

Join us any Friday when you are headed in a new direction with your work and need a boost at the end of a long week, or when you are willing to share your startup experience.

The first 12 to RSVP here on meetup.com each week are guaranteed a seat at the brainstorming table until the start of the meeting at 2 p.m., others are welcome to attend and either take the seat of a no-show or to sit in the peanut gallery to listen to the speakers and observe the brainstorming.

If you have any questions, contact John Wren at [masked] or [masked]